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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Alzheimers Dis. 2013 Jan 1;34(1):273–279. doi: 10.3233/JAD-121138

Table 2.

Associations of three congtive function tests with total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, non- high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, low-density lipoprotein to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and trigriceride to high-density lipoprotein ratio

Unadjusted
Adjusteda
Adjustedb
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Japanese version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (J-MMSE)
 TC 1.003 (0.992 - 1.013) 0.999 (0.987 - 1.012) 1.000 (0.987 - 1.013)
 HDL-C 1.007 (0.980 - 1.034) 0.998 (0.967 - 1.030) 1.003 (0.970 - 1.037)
 LDL-C 1.003 (0.991 - 1.016) 1.003 (0.989 - 1.017) 1.002 (0.988 - 1.017)
 Non-HDL-C 1.002 (0.991 - 1.013) 1.000 (0.987 - 1.012) 0.999 (0.986 - 1.012)
 TC/HDL-C ratio 1.001 (0.666 - 1.504) 0.988 (0.629 - 1.551) 0.935 (0.584 - 1.497)
 DLL-C/HDL-C ratio 1.030 (0.618 - 1.718) 1.060 (0.601 - 1.869) 0.991 (0.549 - 1.789)
 TG/HDL-C ratio 0.966 (0.743 - 1.257) 0.909 (0.681 - 1.212) 0.882 (0.648 - 1.200)
Verbal Fluency Initial Letter (VFL)
 TC 1.003 (0.993 - 1.014) 1.003 (0.992 - 1.015) 1.003 (0.990 - 1.015)
 HDL-C 1.011 (0.984 - 1.037) 1.011 (0.983 - 1.041) 1.003 (0.970 - 1.036)
 LDL-C 1.005 (0.993 - 1.017) 1.005 (0.993 - 1.018) 1.005 (0.991 - 1.019)
 Non-HDL-C 1.002 (0.991 - 1.012) 1.002 (0.990 - 1.013) 1.002 (0.990 - 1.015)
 TC/HDL-C ratio 0.980 (0.659 - 1.457) 0.936 (0.616 - 1.424) 1.038 (0.663 - 1.626)
 LDL-C/HDL-C ratio 1.076 (0.656 - 1.764) 1.044 (0.620 - 1.758) 1.152 (0.660 - 2.012)
 TG/HDL-C ratio 0.862 (0.656 - 1.131) 0.811 (0.609 - 1.081) 0.884 (0.653 - 1.197)
Scenery Picture Memory Test (SPMT)
 TC 1.013 (1.002 - 1.024)c 1.010 (0.998 - 1.022) 1.007 (0.994 - 1.020)
 HDL-C 1.023 (0.996 - 1.050) 1.009 (0.980 - 1.039) 1.005 (0.974 - 1.036)
 LDL-C 1.019 (1.006 - 1.032)e 1.019 (1.005 - 1.033)e 1.017 (1.002 - 1.031)c
 Non-HDL-C 1.010 (0.999 - 1.021) 1.008 (0.996 - 1.021) 1.006 (0.994 - 1.019)
 TC/HDL-C ratio 0.964 (0.647 – 1.438) 1.019 (0.662 - 1.568) 1.033 (0.650 - 1.643)
 LDL-C/HDL-C ratio 1.217 (0.741 - 1.997) 1.387 (0.810 - 2.374) 1.402 (0.791 - 2.485)
 TG/HDL-C ratio 0.661 (0.473 - 0.925)c 0.629 (0.444 - 0.889)d 0.641 (0.444 - 0.925)c

TC = total cholesterol, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG = triglyceride

a

Adjusted for age, gender and years of education

b

Adjusted for age, gender, years of education, use of lipid-lowering drugs, history of stroke and heart diseases, hypertension, diabetes, and current smoking and alcohol drinking status

c

p < 0.05

d

p < 0.01

e

p-value significant after Bonferroni adjustment